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Originally Posted by kach22i
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Originally Posted by aerohead
For aerodynamic stability the CP is kept behind the CG,then if a strong gust is encountered,the car will simply weather vane itself into the wind,and thereby cancel any yawing moment.
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Except ....that behavior, yawing upwind, describes the behavior of Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion. Most cars veer downwind. I think the force applied through the center of pressure is distributed through the center of gravity to the tire contact patches. There it acts like wind in a sail, pressing the tire against the limit of it's slip angle like a keel in the water.